Golden Bicep

Golden Bicep is a workout tracker for people who already know their way around a gym and need the most convenient and easy to use app.

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Inspiration

I am an avid gym goer and I conceived this project in 2013, but I was too distracted by my career and everyday life. I started building it slowly in 2016, wrote 90% of the features during the Covid pandemic in 2020 and then put it on pause again. With the advent of AI I started gradually completing the remaining 10%, and the RevenueCat's announcement of the Shipaton was a perfect timing! That was a do-or-die moment for me. And I did it!

What it does

It's a workout tracker that I use myself to track my workouts. I envision it as the most convenient app for people who don't need any pre-built workout plans , but rather want to build their own Library of exercises and workout plans. They know what they do, they just need a good app to track that.

How we built it

I wrote 90% of the features with my own hands, but the remaining 10% were written with AI. I also used AI to generate graphic assets and videos.

Challenges we ran into

I was really blocked on the graphic assets and videos side. I had a clear vision of what I wanted to get, but I had never figured out how I would hire an artists to paint it for me, and how to find an animator to create those animations. AI has solved those blockers for me.

Accomplishments that we're proud of

  1. I've finally shipped it!
  2. I am also really proud of a very performant and smooth Calendar I developed. Users can scroll Month view with thousands of events without any interruption. I tested it with 40k calendar events. But I guess users will not appreciate that feature much, ha ha.
  3. I also really like my characters/training partners, I put a lot of effort and time into developing them. There is a huge roadmap for them!

What we learned

Marketing is hard! But I am learning it now proactively, I won't stop. I've started cultivating my accounts on Reddit, TikTok, Instagram, Facebook. I also use App Search Ads.

What's next for Golden Bicep

  1. A lot of marketing experiments. I will try to get as much organic growth as possible.
  2. Adapt the app for iPhone Duo and try to get featured by Apple. Then a long roadmap of features necessary for a fitness app to compete with existing players.
  3. AI features.

Horizontal YouTube video if the vertical one (shorts) doesn't work - https://youtu.be/_HAtZRXXp1M?is=UA91OphMQOiATwmN

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